What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Gortnadrass is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies dry flat pasture at the base of Knocknashee Mountain, where a raised circular area measures thirty-two and a half metres north-south and thirty-one and a half metres east-west. A flat-topped earthen bank encloses the space, while drystone wall foundations appear along the inner edge and an external fosse cuts through the north-west arc. A man-made underground passage occupies the southern half of the interior, and another rath overlooks this site one hundred metres to the south.

In pasture, on dry flat ground at the base of Knocknashee Mountain. A raised circular area (32.5m N-S; 31.5m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m). Foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 0.7m; H 0.2m) are evident on top of the bank, along the inner edge, NE-SE and along the NW arc. An external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.2m) is evident along the NW arc. There is a Man-made underground passage (SL032-01402-) in the S half of the interior. This rath is overlooked by another (SL032-015----) c. 100m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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